“Working for the Weekend!”
Wednesday Workshops

Tuition
$45/2 hours

Aug 21- Sept 18
Every Wednesday
3:00pm- 4:30pm

Take a mid week dip into the creative zone! These workshops intentionally allow students the freedom to experiment and design through the making process. We provide the prompt and materials, the student provides their imagination.

Ages 6+

August 21
PAPER CUT-OUTS

Explore positive and negative space while creating your own unique design. Play around with mirroring and the placement of light and dark elements in your design.

AUGUST 28
CLAY FUNDAMENTALS

Learn the basics of working with sculpey clay or use the skills you already have to create your own clay sculptures. Artists will focus on making pinch pots and coil structures.

SEPTEMBER 4
DESSERTS!

Get inspired by the work of Wayne Thiebaud to create your own delicious masterpiece in the material of your choice.

SEPTEMBER 11
ZENTANGLE DESIGNS

Relax and let yourself have fun creating your own patterns and designs in these mixed media drawings. Explore color, pattern and line. We will look to artists like Romero Britto for inspiration.

SEPTEMBER 18
EXPLORATION INTO PRINTMAKING

Discover the endless possibilities of what you can create through the process of printmaking. Students will learn both a Relief Printmaking and Collagraph Printmaking technique as they explore the process of making multiples, and enjoy seeing how no 2 prints are alike.

Summer Art Intensives

June 10- Aug 9
Monday- Friday
9am- 2pm

From painting and print making to mini sculpture and everything in between. No experience necessary. We work individually with each student at their level to help them achieve their best work. Amazing instructors and a super fun environment.

10% multi-week discount.

Ages 6+

June 10-14
Mixed media paintings of another universe

Artists will use materials such as fabric, papers, collage, charcoal and paint to create a series that illustrates an imaginary universe.  The series will have at least three paintings representing the environment, inhabitants and city. We will go over concepts such as what a series is, and how to tie our paintings together. We will focus on artists such as Rauschenberg, Picasso and Chris Ofili.

June 17-21
Ceramic teapot monsters

The artists will use a low fire clay to design and create an original monster character. Each sculpture must include a handle, feet, spout and lid. We will address concepts such a hand-building techniques, glazing techniques and what utilitarian art is. We will focus on artists such as Ken Price, JoAnn Axford, and Mia Mulvey.

June 24-28
TEXTURED LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS

Artists will use modeling paste and acrylic paint to create textured landscape paintings. We will focus on the famous California landscape painters – Edgar Payne and Ralph Waterhouse. Artists will use different tools to create texture both before and after painting.

JuLY 8-12
CHALK PASTEL PORTRAITS

Artists will use a gridding method to create animal chalk pastel portraits. The artists have the option of creating a drawing of their own pet, or their spirit animal. We will focus on techniques such as blending, mixing and color theory. 

JULY 15-19
WATERCOLOR INSECT PAINTINGS

Artists will analyze endangered insects, and create charcoal and watercolor paintings of large-scale insects in flight. We will focus on the terms scale and proportions, and what it means in drawing.

JuLY 22-26
CERAMIC PANDORA’S BOXES

The artists will create slab boxes for objects that are personal to them. What is your most prized possession? Why? We will review the hand-building techniques learned in the previous project and focus on the score and slip method in slab construction.

JuLY 29-AUG 2
LIFE SIZE SELF-PORTRAIT CHARCOAL DRAWINGS

The artists will create a life-size self-portrait that symbolically represents them. What makes you, you? We will go between drawing realistic figures as well as how to symbolically represent ourselves.

AUG 5-9
PLASTER GAUZE ANIMAL HEADS AND MASKS

The artists will learn how to sculpturally build with wire and foil to create a skeleton for a 3D animal head.